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Make Florida’s unemployed work?

Last, a group of Florida CEOs and other well-off people recommended to Gov.-elect Rick Scott that the state require people receiving unemployment benefits work for their money. Another recommendation was that the state check more thoroughly whether those on the dole were trying hard to look for work.

The chairman of this advisory group is Wayne Huizenga, Jr., whose billionaire father started Waste Management and Blockbuster, and at one point owned the Miami Dolphin, the Florida Marlins and the Florida Panthers. We would bet that Huizenga, Jr., never had to worry about unemployment benefits. We don’t know how many in the 49-member group supported the recommendation, but almost no one in the groups works with the unemployed.

For all of Florida’s economic problems, we suspect that the state expense for unemployment isn’t holding back Florida’s recovery. We do appreciate the desire to make sure that no one is defrauding the state in any way, but wonder if that same scrutiny will be applied to companies that get state contracts.

Obviously, the state agencies that try to find jobs for people should work as efficiently as possible. We want to read more about the proposal before deciding. But what do you think? Should Florida require the unemployed to work? Take our poll.